@Wayne ********

this is what I am suspecting I will find... Can you clarify what "airside" means?

@Wayne ********

sorry Wayne, I'm a little dense. Being stamped.out in CR and then free to wander in BKK was weird and so now I'm no longer confident. It doesn't matter- I'm just wondering about it while I wait for take off.

@Richard ********

this is what I would generally assume - but I also thought you would immigrate out at your last stop so my confidence was shaken

@Michael *******

Couple of intuitive leaps in your logic chain there. How about if you have experience or knowledge you help me and if you don't actually know you go do something else?

@Lynnette ******

Roger, thank you.

@Brandon ***********

ugh. On my last trip I decided to post a bunch of stuff and USPS freaking LOST 4 boxes for two months. Almost a thousand in shipping not even counting the items. Approved me to file a claim that would pay back like 10% of the value... Then suddenly two showed up in Thailand and two at the return address. Better outcome than a total loss, but super stressful and ultimately only 50% successful.

Tell us the story!

Is marriage long term? (The visa, I'd hope the marriage is!)

@Todd ********

a couple entries ago I had a lady on a bad day. She chewed me up one side and down the other. She was preparing to turn me around when the supervisor came over to see what was wrong. She spoke a bunch of Thai- smacked me passport a couple times along with some point... The guy told her there was no problem and to let me through. After she stamped me, as I walked away, she yelled "don't stay so long next time!" It was absolutely bonkers. I am just afraid if I get some post office massacre waiting to happen officer again and I've got the black stamp it will push them over the edge. Shrug. Worst case I swim the river. :)

Anecdotal comment: I had a similar situation at the end of my last trip a couple of days would've made things much more convenient for my travel but it felt like such a hassle to get an extension for three days. I posted to get a sense of how big a deal a short overstay would be. The answers were super aggressive - you would think I asked about child trafficking. I decided to just leave early. Anyway I am a effing idiot and had miscounted the days and so I thought I was leaving my last day but had actually overstayed 3 days even though I picked that date to avoid the overstay. Getting old and losing cognitive function sucks. I was horrified, but the IO insisted it would not be an issue when I returned and paying my fine was all the punishment there would be and not to worry and everything was going to be fine.

Now I haven't gotten back yet - one more week... And he wouldn't be the first Thai public servant to give me false information and I could get turned away at the desk... But he was super calm and very reassuring so... We will see what happens.